Sunday, December 27, 2009

So yesterday, during Boxing Day Brunch, J & his family surprised me with a mini Birthday party. I got my first cake in years, and some awesome gifts.

J bought me a new Digital SLR Camera!!! A Rebel XS to be exact!!Although I have no idea how to use it... I am excited to learn & my Mom gave me photo classes as a gift! ( My whole family was in on the plan too)

The funny thing is, I had to get out the "old" camera to take a picture...

So...I first started taking part in this tradition when I lived on the East Coast.And have continued it across the country, all the way to Vancouver.The deal is:Someone hides the Christmas Pickle in the tree and the first one to find it gets a prize- and hides the pickle the next year!

Sunday, December 20, 2009

This was SO cool.J's family is of Italian descent and it is a Christmas tradition to make homemade cappeletti to eat on Christmas day.Zia Laura lead the charge this year, making the dough, grinding the meat, and teaching me to make the little pasta pockets!

The meat...

Flattening the dough..

Cutting the circles:

The entire family is involved...Massimo, my Father in law masters the art..

Ready to go...This was one of the most fun things I have done in ages. It was so incredible to me to be a part of an age-old tradition that J's Nonna started. I had a blast.

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About Me

My name is Jo. I am a pretty average girl- with a pretty average life.
I am 30-something *gasp*, living and working in Vancouver and married to the only person I have met that is crazier than I am.
I work at a bank, and J. is a Combat Engineer with the Canadian Forces. We are trying to have a normal relationship- but it's tough since J. has been gone all the time... courses, pre-deployment, deployment, Olympics- the list goes on!
We have 2 fur babies- both American Eskimo dogs named Barley and Betsy.
We just had our first child, Zoey in March 2011.
We bought our first home in Port Moody BC about a few years ago and life is good!
The best parts are my fantastic HUGE kitchen with all new appliances (and I LOVE to cook- another challenge since I have been a vegetarian for 20 years, and J. needs half a cow a week to survive), learning to be a mom, and making lots of new friends!
The worst part is trying to adjust to quiet suburban life....